[R] problems installing R on Linux

[Oleg Sklyar]

Hi,

in general Prof. Ripley is right that more information is needed, but 
here's a hint that you might try first.

> 	/usr/local/lib/R/bin/exec/R: relocation error:
> /usr/local/lib/R/lib/libRlapack.so: undefined symbol: s_copy
> 	# thrown out of R ....

Could simply mean that the /usr/local/lib/R/lib/libRlapack.so is not 
found, and considering that you say make was alright, then maybe it was 
make install that did not copy it. But what you can try, try running R 
from the directory where you compiled it in:

get a fresh R tarball, untar it. configure it with "./configure 
--prefix=`pwd`" and do make. Do not do make install, simply run it from 
the bin dir here. You might need to install the packages though if they 
are not in R_LIBS. This will ensure that all files are there, nothing 
was left behind by make install.

>  rpm -q zlib
> zlib-1.1.3-25.7
After you installed zlib with ./configure && make && make install, your 
rpm request will not give you the just installed zlib version because it 
refers to a different source. If by doing make install you overwrite the 
files from zlib*.rpm, it will still report the version written in the 
rpm database. And you cannot uninstall this rpm without braking half of 
your system dependencies.

Best,
Oleg
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